Subject: ADD: Through All the World Below (Captain Kidd)
From:
Charlie Baum
Date: 24 Oct 05 - 05:36 PM
The "Through all the world below God is seen all around/Through hills and valleys low there he's found/the growing of the corn..." hymn is often found in shape-note hymnbooks as either "Captain Kidd" or "Green Meadows."
Here's a link to the version in Southern Harmony, with clickable MIDI:http://www.ccel.org/s/southern_harmony/sharm/sharm/hymn/t=Captain+Kidd.html
1. Through all the world below,
God is seen all around;
Search hills and valleys through,
There he's found.
The growing of the corn,
The lily and the thorn,
The pleasant and forlorn,
All declare God is there,
In the meadows drest in green,
There he's seen.
2. See springs of water rise,
Fountains flow, rivers run;
The mist below the skies
Hides the sun;
Then down the rain doth pour
The ocean it doth roar,
And dash agains the shore,
All to praise, in their lays,
That God that ne'er declines
His designs.
3. The sun, to my surprise,
Speaks of God as he flies:
The comets in their blaze
Give him praise;
The shining of the stars
The moon as it appears,
His sacred name declares;
See them shine, all divine!
The shades in silence prove
God's above.
4. Then let my station be
Here on earth, as I see
The sacred One in Three
All agree;
Through all the world is made,
The forest and the glade;
Nor let me be afraid,
Though I dwell on the hill
Since nature's works declare
God is there.
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sj
